Charles L. Boylan v. Samuel A. Lewis, Director at Adoc John Doe Jane Doe, Accountant/bookkeeper at Adoc, Alhambra Reception Center, Phoenix, Arizona

892 F.2d 82 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Charles L. BOYLAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Samuel A. LEWIS, Director at ADOC; John Doe; Jane Doe, Accountant/Bookkeeper at ADOC, Alhambra Reception Center, Phoenix, Arizona, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-15100. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 17, 1989. * Decided Dec. 13, 1989. Before GOODWIN, Chief Circuit Judge, and BARNES and KILKENNY, Senior Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 This comeback case raises the question whether in granting the appellant's motion for summary judgment the district court erred by denying the appellant's claims for punitive damages and costs. We review de novo, see Valente-Kritzer Video v. Pinckney, 881 F.2d 772, 774 (CA9 1989), and we affirm. 3 A claim for punitive damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 requires a showing of "reckless or callous disregard for the plaintiff's rights, as well as intentional violations of federal law". Smith v. Wade, 461 U.S. 30,…